Prehospital Utility of Rapid Stroke Evaluation Using In-Ambulance Telemedicine
Author(s) -
Tzu-Ching Wu,
Claude Nguyen,
Christy Ankrom,
Julian P Yang,
David Persse,
Farhaan Vahidy,
James C. Grotta,
Sean I. Savitz
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.114.005193
Subject(s) - medicine , telemedicine , stroke (engine) , concordance , confidence interval , intraclass correlation , medical emergency , inter rater reliability , acute stroke , emergency medicine , emergency department , physical therapy , health care , psychometrics , nursing , statistics , mechanical engineering , rating scale , mathematics , engineering , economics , economic growth , clinical psychology
Prehospital evaluation using telemedicine may accelerate acute stroke treatment with tissue-type plasminogen activator. We explored the feasibility and reliability of using telemedicine in the field and ambulance to help evaluate acute stroke patients.
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